The City-State of Ur during the Early Dynastic and Ur III Periods (c. 2900–2000 BCE)

1. Early Dynastic period begins in Mesopotamia

   Jan 1, 2900 BCELabels: Early Dynastic

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2. Ur’s Royal Cemetery burials flourish

   Jan 1, 2600 BCELabels: Royal Cemetery, Puabi

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3. First Dynasty of Ur emerges (Ur I)

   Jan 1, 2600 BCELabels: First Dynasty, Ur I

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4. Mesannepada rules Ur and claims wider kingship

   Jan 1, 2550 BCELabels: Mesannepada, Kish title

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5. Meskalamdug attested as an early Ur ruler

   Jan 1, 2550 BCELabels: Meskalamdug, Royal Cemetery

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6. Meskiagnun reign remembered in later tradition

   Jan 1, 2485 BCELabels: Meskiagnun, Tummal tradition

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7. Early Dynastic period ends as new empires rise

   Jan 1, 2340 BCELabels: End of, state formation

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8. Utu-hengal defeats the Gutians

   Jan 1, 2119 BCELabels: Utu-hengal, Gutians

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9. Ur-Nammu founds the Third Dynasty of Ur

   Jan 1, 2112 BCELabels: Ur-Nammu, Ur III

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10. Great Ziggurat of Ur built for Nanna

    Jan 1, 2100 BCELabels: Great Ziggurat, Nanna temple

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11. Code of Ur-Nammu compiled (early law code)

    Jan 1, 2100 BCELabels: Code of, Law code

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12. Shulgi’s long reign strengthens Ur III administration

    Jan 1, 2094 BCELabels: Shulgi, Ur III

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13. Ibbi-Sin’s reign ends with Ur III collapse

    Jan 1, 2004 BCELabels: Ibbi-Sin, Ur III

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14. Woolley excavates Ur and its Royal Cemetery

    Jan 1, 1922Labels: Leonard Woolley, Excavation

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